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Crossing Borders: A New Chapter in Singapore Chinese Television Dramas (1980s–2000s)

This lecture explores the evolution of Singapore's Chinese-language television industry from the 1980s to the 2000s, highlighting cross-border collaborations with Hong Kong and Taiwan.

When
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 · 2:00 PM
Where
Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Recital Studio
1 Straits Boulevard, Singapore 018906
Singapore 059764
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For
adults · seniors
Cost
Free, pre-registration is required
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No age limit

About this event

Locally produced Chinese television dramas like Return of the Condor Heroes (1998) were hits not only in Singapore, but also amongst Chinese audiences overseas. Singaporean artistes like Hugo Ng, Kit Chan, Michelle Saram, and Eileen Yeow once co-starred alongside celebrities like Tony Leung and Louis Koo in Hong Kong’s TVB television dramas. Singaporean viewers were also seeing the presence of Hong Kong and Taiwanese artistes like Lydia Sum in the English language sitcom Living with Lydia (2001) and Steve Ma in the Chinese mythological drama, Legends of the Eight Immortals (1998).

This lecture will explore these cross-border exchanges and how they marked a new chapter in Singapore’s Chinese-language television from the 1980s to the 2000s. Through these examples, this lecture will make a case of how Singapore’s Chinese-language television industry grew beyond its local beginnings and onto the world stage.

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